Page 4183 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 29 November 1994
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Tuggeranong Hyperdome
MS ELLIS: Madam Speaker, my question also is directed to the Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning. Has the Minister noted the call of the Liberal Party for a stop on retail development in Tuggeranong? What is the Government's approach to applications for more retail development?
MR WOOD: Madam Speaker, the Liberal Party is adopting a fairly strange approach on this.
Mr Humphries: I raise a point of order, Madam Speaker. I believe that questions on the notice paper cannot be - - -
MADAM SPEAKER: We have had this point of order before, Mr Humphries. An MPI does not fit into that category.
MR WOOD: It has all been done before, Mr Humphries.
Mr Kaine: Can we not change the ruling, Madam Speaker?
MADAM SPEAKER: If you have the votes, Mr Kaine.
MR WOOD: I think Mr Humphries is as out of touch with what has happened here as Mrs Carnell is with what is happening in the valley. Indeed, it is very hard to find exactly what the Liberals' policy is in respect of retail development anywhere, including in the valley. I recall that, in a speech at the Press Club, Mrs Carnell said, "We want to do away with red tape. We want expeditious dealing with business. We do not want any delays, any hold-ups, any frustrations. Let us get on and do it, folks". What does Mrs Carnell want on this occasion? She comes in, without a moment's thought - which is typical of Mrs Carnell - with not a moment's consideration, and says, "Stop. Nothing else should happen in the valley. Just stop it". What she wants me to do is to get that red tape that she scorns and wrap it around the Tuggeranong Hyperdome so tightly that nothing else can happen. She wants to use the red tape that she says she does not want to use. Not only that; she changes her mind.
Mr De Domenico: This hurts, does it not?
MR WOOD: Mr De Domenico, why do you not get out there and represent your community in Tuggeranong?
Mr De Domenico: I have. Why don't you?
MADAM SPEAKER: Order! That is enough.
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